Soatana (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (16.6° S, 45.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 29.1° S, 35.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Besairie and M. Collignon. 1972. Geologie de Madagascar I. Les Terrains Sedimentaires. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 35:1-463 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98159: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum, "Lopha marshii" = Actinostreon marshi
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
"Lopha marshii" = Actinostreon marshi Sowerby 1814 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Brachidontes laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis
"Brachidontes laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
"Belemnopsis calloviensis" = Pachybelemnopsis canaliculatus
"Belemnopsis calloviensis" = Pachybelemnopsis canaliculatus Schlotheim 1820 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Obtusicostites aff. waageni" = Obtusicostites obtusicosta, Subgrossouvria lavocati, "Choffatia sakuntala" = Choffatia, "Grossouvria aff. rjasanensis" = Choffatia, "Grossouvria aff. curvicostata" = Choffatia, Grossouvria aff. kontkiewiczi
"Obtusicostites aff. waageni" = Obtusicostites obtusicosta Waagen 1875 ammonite
Subgrossouvria lavocati Collignon 1958 ammonite
"Choffatia sakuntala" = Choffatia ammonite
"Grossouvria aff. rjasanensis" = Choffatia ammonite
"Grossouvria aff. curvicostata" = Choffatia ammonite
Grossouvria aff. kontkiewiczi Siemiradzki 1894 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
"Thysanolytoceras adeloides" = Lytoceras eudesianum adeloides
"Thysanolytoceras adeloides" = Lytoceras eudesianum adeloides Kudernatsch 1852 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
"Bonarellia cf. fornix" = Chanasia fornix Sowerby 1840 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Calliphylloceras disputabile Zittel 1869 ammonite
Ptychophylloceras flabellatum Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
"Rhynchonella pseudoinconstans" = Torquirhynchia pseudoinconstans
"Rhynchonella pseudoinconstans" = Torquirhynchia pseudoinconstans Kitchin 1900